firstsgtmike
02-10-04, 11:54 AM
DAMN!
I took a month's vacation, came back and spent the past two days reading all the posts here that I missed.
I noticed several new names among those posting. I also noticed a new seriousness and a higher level of discourse.
There are fewer "cute" posts, and those few were largely ignored, or read without comment. (I deleted several clips I prepared to share with you. They are too inappropriate now, which means I'll have to start thinking again if I want to keep up with you.)
In honesty, I expected to find at least one thread concerning Janet Jackson's boob. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that no one else was interested in it either.
There was ONE subject that I WAS surprised did not receive more attention, because I know it WILL be an issue in the upcoming presidential elections.
DO YOU SUPPORT A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT RECOGNIZING MARRIAGE AS A UNION BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN?
The religious point of view was heard from, as well as an argument that such an amendment would be contrary to the Constitution.
My opposition is a pragmatic one.
leroy8541 posted a hypothesis that should not be ignored.
"I don't know just think of it as a convinience, say two buddies that are lance corporals that get tired of living in the squad bay can just go get married, and draw all the extra bennies of being brown baggers. There is no law that says you have to have sex with each other if you are married. Since a brown bagger has to keep a wall locker and a rack in the squad bay any ways think of the cash they can rake in!! After EAS they can get divorced, and get on with their lives,get married to a woman, and bear children as God intended. What a scam."
No one, espousing either the religious or Constitutional position chose to respond to his post.
A few years ago, it was reported that at an Ohio college, same sex couples could live in quarters reserved for married couples, provided they claimed to be "gay".
Someone should have done a follow-up on it to report how many made the claim for the "bennies".
I'd like to see some comments on this, or maybe I'll bump the original post. The issue will NOT go away, and it WILL have an effect on the Presidential elections.
How will YOU vote if your candidate takes a position on this issue that is in opposition to yours?
Vacations are great, but it's good to be home.
I took a month's vacation, came back and spent the past two days reading all the posts here that I missed.
I noticed several new names among those posting. I also noticed a new seriousness and a higher level of discourse.
There are fewer "cute" posts, and those few were largely ignored, or read without comment. (I deleted several clips I prepared to share with you. They are too inappropriate now, which means I'll have to start thinking again if I want to keep up with you.)
In honesty, I expected to find at least one thread concerning Janet Jackson's boob. I was pleasantly surprised to discover that no one else was interested in it either.
There was ONE subject that I WAS surprised did not receive more attention, because I know it WILL be an issue in the upcoming presidential elections.
DO YOU SUPPORT A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT RECOGNIZING MARRIAGE AS A UNION BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN?
The religious point of view was heard from, as well as an argument that such an amendment would be contrary to the Constitution.
My opposition is a pragmatic one.
leroy8541 posted a hypothesis that should not be ignored.
"I don't know just think of it as a convinience, say two buddies that are lance corporals that get tired of living in the squad bay can just go get married, and draw all the extra bennies of being brown baggers. There is no law that says you have to have sex with each other if you are married. Since a brown bagger has to keep a wall locker and a rack in the squad bay any ways think of the cash they can rake in!! After EAS they can get divorced, and get on with their lives,get married to a woman, and bear children as God intended. What a scam."
No one, espousing either the religious or Constitutional position chose to respond to his post.
A few years ago, it was reported that at an Ohio college, same sex couples could live in quarters reserved for married couples, provided they claimed to be "gay".
Someone should have done a follow-up on it to report how many made the claim for the "bennies".
I'd like to see some comments on this, or maybe I'll bump the original post. The issue will NOT go away, and it WILL have an effect on the Presidential elections.
How will YOU vote if your candidate takes a position on this issue that is in opposition to yours?
Vacations are great, but it's good to be home.